CASE STUDIES

This section presents just a few examples of Comtel’s leading-edge technology and engineering achievements. We continue research in the areas of interest to stay competitive and push the technology edge and market boundaries.

Cost reduction on a backplane

Goal: Achieve continuous cost reduction to extend the product life cycle of a custom ATCA backplane.

Goal: achieve continuous cost reduction to extend the product life cycle of a custom ATCA backplane.

Challenge: apply recent research findings in practice

Result: unit cost reduced by 15%

How it was done:

Reduced the layer count by 20%

Replaced the modern and significantly more expensive ATCA ZD Pro connectors with the original ZD connectors. Also, the lead time and availability of the ZD connectors is much better than that of ZD Pro

MULTIGIG connectors (VPX) were originally designed for data rates below 10 Gbps.

Improved MULTIGIG connectors (proprietary TE design) were out of scope

VPX backplane has to accommodate plenty high-speed transmission lines while delivering significant power, i.e. high current to every slot

Result: The first revision of 5 slot 6U VPX backplane with distributed architecture was successfully characterized in compliance with IEEE 802.3bj 100Gb/s Ethernet specification. No further redesign was needed.

COMTEL Electronics GmbH

COMTEL Electronics offers top-end products and services to a wide range of industries worldwide. We provide our clients with systems, backplanes, and accessories that meet the unique demands of their high performance applications. Moreover, we offer a broad spectrum of services including signal integrity, testing, thermal analysis, custom design and manufacturing.

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